The English Oracle

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Differences between Amount, Count, Number and Quantity

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How to refer to the 'sections' of an aquarium?

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Correct usage of "will be" vs. "will"

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Is there really no word / phobia for a 'fear of becoming fat'?

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Relative pronouns after prepositions: is it okay to use them in speech?

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Why and how did "a sensible boy" become "intelligent and prudent"?

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Cadaver/corpse/body for a dead human body

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Does "cost-benefit ratio" use a hyphen or an en-dash?

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Is there a hypernym for "expense" and "income"?

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Good expression for "things are starting to work"?

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Which does English “l” and “r” sound come under, an allophone or different phonemes?

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"e.g." versus "i.e."

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What do we call a person in a war who holds the army's flag?

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"Butcher shops" sell meat products, what is the name of a shop that sells cheese and ice cream?

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Use of “f ” instead of “s” in historic, printed English documents

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Is it offensive to call a redhead a "ginger"?

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Using 'Signed' as a Closing

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Is there a word that describes when two or more people have different understandings of the same word?

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Opposite of "summarize"

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Is there any difference in meaning between "All these" and "All of these"?

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Short description of an accomplishment

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What does the word "most" mean?

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What's the word for "swiftly lifting upper body upwards"?

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Where does the period go in an MLA in-text citation?

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What is the right verb for "measurement"?

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"To hear" or "to hearing"?

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Term for if-then statements where the "then" part does not logically follow

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Is there a difference between "way of doing something" and "way to do something"?

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Why is there "a Romeo" but not "a Juliet"?

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What is a word that means unforgettable but with a negative connotation?

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What’s the word for somebody you know (sometimes well) but who isn’t your friend?

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Is it proper to start a sentence with the word that ended the last sentence?

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What is the etymology of 'physician'?

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Word for "cinema with a single screen"?

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How could I express the idea that one person is learning the habits of other person?

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What is the numb sensation in the mouth caused by some fruits called?

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Is there a specific name for this kind of water dispenser?

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Difference between "valuable" and "invaluable"

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What's a word/phrase for a player/seducer?

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Hypernym for "individual" and "company"

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What's the difference between "good on you" vs. "good for you", with a sincere meaning something like "you've done a good thing"?

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"In the case of" or "In case of"

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Chasing something that doesn't exist

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What's the best word to simulate an adjectival form of "camaraderie"?

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In the context of family, what is the opposite of "immediate"?

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Article usage in compound predicate nouns

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How to use "tens of" and "hundreds of"?

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Is the list of words with a contracted "not" closed?

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What does salt and slug mean in IT?

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What does "randomically" mean?

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